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No. 573,173. Patented Dec. 15, 1896.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAURICE ARON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BICYCLE-TROUSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,173, dated December15. 1896.

Application filed June 13, 1896.

1'0 aZZ whom z t may concern.-

Be it known that I, MAURICE ARON, a eiti zen of the United States,residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented anImprovement in Bicycle-Trousers,of which the following is aspecification.

The object of the present invention is to provide a garment especiallyadapted to cycleriders which combines comfort and elegance and isadapted to be worn either by men or women and in which the lowerportions of the legs will be protected and the garment will not beliable to become injured by contact with the bicycle, and great freedomof movement is given to the person without risk of displacing anyportion of the garment. The upper or body portion of the garment maybevaried in size and make to suit the rider, as the present invention isnot limited to this portion of the garment. The leg portions are cutlonger than required for ordinary trousers, so that they hang looselyfrom the knee upward and generally fall loosely around the knee. Theleggings portions of the garment are made as continuations of the fabriccomposing the upper or leg portion of the garment, so that seams aroundthe garment at or near the knee are avoided and each leg portion is madeof a front and back fabric joined together by a seam running down theinner leg portion of the garment, and the seams at the outer portions ofthe trouserslegs terminate a little distance below the knee, so thateach leg is open similar to a legging, and laeinghooks or eyelets orother fastenings are provided upon the surfaces of the garment adjacentto the opening, so as to draw this portion of the garment as tightly asdesired around the lower limb, and the lower ends of the leg portionsare cut and pressed, so as to extend over the instep, similar to theupper of a shoe, and there is an incision in the middle portion of theback fabric at and above the ankle, so that the fabric is drawn in bythe seam at this place to fit snugly below the calf, and the whole ofthe lower portion of the garment around the lower limb is stiffened by alining, so that it retains its shape and form when in use and alsobecomes a protection against injury to the limb by contact with anyportion of the cycle, and, fitting closely and being smooth, no part ofthe gar- Serial No. 595,377. (No model.)

ment around the lower limb is liable to be come entangled in the cyclewhen the person said improved garment.

Straps applied to the lower ends of the leggings portions passing underthe feet keep the parts in place, and sometimes a lining of woolenfabric is applied inside the stiffening material for warmth or toprevent the condensation of perspiration.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View representing the garmentin the form adapted to a man. Fig. 2 is a section in larger size at theline 2 of Fig. 1, illustrating the stiffening and lining to the leggingsportion of the garment. Fig. 3 shows the pattern, in larger size, bywhich the fabric can be cut up to and above the knee portion, the upperpart of the fabric not being shown, as this may varyaccordin g to thesize and shape of the wearer; and Fig. ,4: is a similar view showing thepattern by which the back fabric of the leg can be cut out.

1 have represented the waist portion of the garment at (t, and theremaybe a flap 1), buttoned down the front in the garment for a male, andthere may be straps c for a belt at the waist and pockets at d and e,but these parts may be omitted in a garment for a female. Each piece offabric employed is advantageously cut in one from the waist to theextreme lower ends of the leg portions, and there is a front piece g anda back piece It to each leg of the garment, and these are united by theinner scams 4, that extend down to the bottoms of the leg portions andby the Outer scams 5. that extend down to a little distance below theknee portions of the garment, and the shapes of these front and backpieces 9 and h are indicated generally in Figs. 3 and 4. That is to say,the lower portions of these front and back pieces are much narrower thanthe upper portions, so that the upper portions of the legs at and abovethe knees will hang loosely and the lower portions will fit the lowerlimbs with reasonable closeness, and in cutting out the fabric the edge6 of the leggings portion should lap upon the part 7 and lacing-hooks 0,eyelets, or other fastenings are provided, and the lace 10 may be madeuse of to draw the parts reasonably tight around the lower limb.

The lower ends of the front pieces g are preferably cut wider androunding, as represented in Fig. 3, so as to come above the instep andcorrespond generally to the uppers in shoes, and an incision or openingis made at 3 in the back h above the ankle portion to allow the fabricto be drawn in to fit the back part of the leg below the call.

The leggings portions of the garment up to the knee, or nearly so, areto be lined with a stiffening fabric 1', which is advantageously cutbias, so as to be partially elastic both longitudinally and transverselyin the garment, in order that the outer fabric may not be drawn intowrinkles by the lacing operation. The lines of stitchingt are used toattach the top edges of the linings, and it is advantageous to apply astrap is and buckle to pass beneath the hollow of the foot and hold theleggings down in position, and a strap Z may also be provided at theupper part of the legging and near the knee portion of the garment totighten the same previous to lacing.

After the fabrics have been sewed together it is preferable to block orhot-press the front and back portions at the lower ends of the legs togive shape to the parts to cause them to fit over the instep and aroundthe heel, the dotted lines in Figs. 3 and 4 indicating, approximately,the shapes given to the parts, and the portion 8, that comes over theinstep, is more clearly shown in Fig. 1. The leggings portions of thegarment below the knees are usually lined with a woolen fabric, asindicated at 0, Fig. 2, for warmth or where condensation of perspirationis to be prevented.

This garment has been found to be very comfortable for the wearer andwell adapted to the purposes for which it has been made.

I claim as my invention As a new article of manufacture, thebicycle-trousers herein described, comprising a garment having the upperpart of each leg loose and bagging and with outer and inner seams downto and below the knee and at that point and downward contracted to forma tightly-inelosing cover for the leg, with the inner seam continued,and having an outer opening from the knee to the bottom, the edges, atthe opening overlapping and provided with means for fastening suchoverlapped edges the one upon the other, and the fabric of the front andback portions extending the entire length of thelegs, substantially asset forth.

Signed by me this 12th day of June, 1806.

MAURICE ARON. Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, S. T. HAVILAND.

